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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="install-win-performing">
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| 4 | <title>Performing the Installation</title>
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>
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| 8 | The Oracle VM VirtualBox installation can be started in either of the
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| 9 | following ways:
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| 10 | </p>
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| 11 | <ul>
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| 12 | <li>
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| 13 | <p>
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| 14 | By double-clicking on the executable file.
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| 15 | </p>
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| 16 | </li>
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| 17 | <li>
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| 18 | <p>
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| 19 | By entering the following command:
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| 20 | </p>
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| 21 | <pre xml:space="preserve">VirtualBox-<version>-<revision>-Win.exe -extract</pre>
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| 22 | <p>
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| 23 | This will extract the installer into a temporary directory,
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| 24 | along with the .MSI file. Run the following command to
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| 25 | perform the installation:
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| 26 | </p>
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| 27 | <pre xml:space="preserve">msiexec /i VirtualBox-<version>-<revision>-Win.msi</pre>
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| 28 | </li>
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| 29 | </ul>
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| 30 | <p>
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| 31 | Using either way displays the installation
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| 32 | <b outputclass="bold">Welcome</b> dialog and enables you
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| 33 | to choose where to install Oracle VM VirtualBox, and which components
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| 34 | to install. In addition to the Oracle VM VirtualBox application, the
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| 35 | following components are available:
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| 36 | </p>
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| 37 | <ul>
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| 38 | <li>
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| 39 | <p><b outputclass="bold">USB support.</b> This package
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| 40 | contains special drivers for your Windows host that
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| 41 | Oracle VM VirtualBox requires to fully support USB devices inside
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| 42 | your virtual machines.
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| 43 | </p>
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| 44 | </li>
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| 45 | <li>
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| 46 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Networking.</b> This package
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| 47 | contains extra networking drivers for your Windows host that
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| 48 | Oracle VM VirtualBox needs to support Bridged Networking. This
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| 49 | enables your VM's virtual network cards to be accessed from
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| 50 | other machines on your physical network.
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| 51 | </p>
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| 52 | </li>
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| 53 | <li>
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| 54 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Python support.</b> This
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| 55 | package contains Python scripting support for the
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| 56 | Oracle VM VirtualBox API, see <xref href="VirtualBoxAPI.dita">Oracle VM VirtualBox Programming Interfaces</xref>.
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| 57 | For this to work, an already working Windows Python
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| 58 | installation on the system is required.
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| 59 | </p>
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| 60 | <p>
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| 61 | See, for example:
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| 62 | <ph>http://www.python.org/download/windows/</ph>.
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| 63 | </p>
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| 64 | <note>
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| 65 | <p>
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| 66 | Python version at least 2.6 is required. Python 3 is also
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| 67 | supported.
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| 68 | </p>
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| 69 | </note>
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| 70 | </li>
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| 71 | </ul>
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| 72 | <p>
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| 73 | Depending on your Windows configuration, you may see warnings
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| 74 | about unsigned drivers, or similar. Click
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| 75 | <b outputclass="bold">Continue</b> for these warnings, as
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| 76 | otherwise Oracle VM VirtualBox might not function correctly after
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| 77 | installation.
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| 78 | </p>
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| 79 | <p>
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| 80 | The installer will create an Oracle VM VirtualBox group in the Windows
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| 81 | <b outputclass="bold">Start</b> menu, which enables you
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| 82 | to launch the application and access its documentation.
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| 83 | </p>
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| 84 | <p>
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| 85 | With standard settings, Oracle VM VirtualBox will be installed for all
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| 86 | users on the local system. If this is not wanted, you must
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| 87 | invoke the installer by first extracting as follows:
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| 88 | </p>
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| 89 | <pre xml:space="preserve">VirtualBox.exe -extract</pre>
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| 90 | <p>
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| 91 | Then, run either of the following commands on the extracted .MSI
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| 92 | file. This will install Oracle VM VirtualBox only for the current
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| 93 | user.
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| 94 | </p>
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| 95 | <pre xml:space="preserve">VirtualBox.exe -msiparams ALLUSERS=2</pre>
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| 96 | <pre xml:space="preserve">msiexec /i VirtualBox-<version>-Win.msi ALLUSERS=2</pre>
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| 97 | <p>
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| 98 | If you do not want to install all features of Oracle VM VirtualBox,
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| 99 | you can set the optional <codeph>ADDLOCAL</codeph> parameter
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| 100 | to explicitly name the features to be installed. The following
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| 101 | features are available:
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| 102 | </p>
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| 103 | <dl>
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| 104 | <dlentry>
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| 105 | <dt>
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| 106 | VBoxApplication
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| 107 | </dt>
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| 108 | <dd>
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| 109 | <p>
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| 110 | Main binaries of Oracle VM VirtualBox.
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| 111 | </p>
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| 112 | <note>
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| 113 | <p>
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| 114 | This feature must not be absent, since it contains the
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| 115 | minimum set of files to have working Oracle VM VirtualBox
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| 116 | installation.
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| 117 | </p>
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| 118 | </note>
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| 119 | </dd>
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| 120 | </dlentry>
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| 121 | <dlentry>
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| 122 | <dt>
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| 123 | VBoxUSB
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| 124 | </dt>
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| 125 | <dd>
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| 126 | <p>
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| 127 | USB support.
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| 128 | </p>
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| 129 | </dd>
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| 130 | </dlentry>
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| 131 | <dlentry>
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| 132 | <dt>
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| 133 | VBoxNetwork
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| 134 | </dt>
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| 135 | <dd>
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| 136 | <p>
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| 137 | All networking support. This includes the VBoxNetworkFlt
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| 138 | and VBoxNetworkAdp features.
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| 139 | </p>
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| 140 | </dd>
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| 141 | </dlentry>
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| 142 | <dlentry>
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| 143 | <dt>
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| 144 | VBoxNetworkFlt
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| 145 | </dt>
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| 146 | <dd>
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| 147 | <p>
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| 148 | Bridged networking support.
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| 149 | </p>
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| 150 | </dd>
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| 151 | </dlentry>
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| 152 | <dlentry>
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| 153 | <dt>
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| 154 | VBoxNetworkAdp
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| 155 | </dt>
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| 156 | <dd>
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| 157 | <p>
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| 158 | Host-only networking support
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| 159 | </p>
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| 160 | </dd>
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| 161 | </dlentry>
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| 162 | <dlentry>
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| 163 | <dt>
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| 164 | VBoxPython
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| 165 | </dt>
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| 166 | <dd>
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| 167 | <p>
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| 168 | Python support
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| 169 | </p>
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| 170 | </dd>
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| 171 | </dlentry>
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| 172 | </dl>
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| 173 | <p>
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| 174 | For example, to only install USB support along with the main
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| 175 | binaries, run either of the following commands:
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| 176 | </p>
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| 177 | <pre xml:space="preserve">VirtualBox.exe -msiparams ADDLOCAL=VBoxApplication,VBoxUSB</pre>
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| 178 | <pre xml:space="preserve">msiexec /i VirtualBox-<version>-Win.msi ADDLOCAL=VBoxApplication,VBoxUSB</pre>
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| 179 | <p>
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| 180 | The user is able to choose between NDIS5 and NDIS6 host network
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| 181 | filter drivers during the installation. This is done using a
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| 182 | command line parameter, <codeph>NETWORKTYPE</codeph>. The
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| 183 | NDIS6 driver is the default for most supported Windows hosts.
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| 184 | For some legacy Windows versions, the installer will
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| 185 | automatically select the NDIS5 driver and this cannot be
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| 186 | changed.
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| 187 | </p>
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| 188 | <p>
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| 189 | You can force an install of the legacy NDIS5 host network filter
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| 190 | driver by specifying <codeph>NETWORKTYPE=NDIS5</codeph>. For
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| 191 | example, to install the NDIS5 driver on Windows 7 use either of
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| 192 | the following commands:
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| 193 | </p>
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| 194 | <pre xml:space="preserve">VirtualBox.exe -msiparams NETWORKTYPE=NDIS5</pre>
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| 195 | <pre xml:space="preserve">msiexec /i VirtualBox-<version>-Win;.msi NETWORKTYPE=NDIS5</pre>
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| 196 | </body>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | </topic>
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